Herbert Loebl

Dr Herbert Loebl, (18 April 192328 January 2013) He studied electrical engineering at King's College, Newcastle where he graduated in 1949.

Joyce, Loebl & Company Ltd During his time at King's College, Loebl met Captain Robert Joyce. Some of the most significant products developed by Joyce, Loebl & Co were the optical microdensitometer used to visualise the properties of DNA and other organic compounds, and the MecoLab, a system of routine blood-panel analysis for hospitals.

As of 2013 there existed four companies which had grown out of the original Joyce, Loebl & Company Ltd: Loebl Ltd, Sevcon Ltd, Applied Imaging Ltd, and Phasor Ltd. (Sevcon Ltd were taken over by Borg Warner in 2017)

Philanthropy A donation made by Hebert Loebl was used to set up a section of the business school of Newcastle University, focussed on the promotion of exports, which is named the Herbert Loebl Export Academy in his honour.

Awards Loebl was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1973 for services to exports. He was also awarded the Citizen's Medal of the city of Bamberg in 1996, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1997) and the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2001. In 2003, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of science by the University of Newcastle. In 2010, he was given a lifetime achievement award by the North East Business Executive.